Skimmer ladle



July 7, 1925. 1,545,365

J. THROM sump-2a mm Filed De. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lvwentoz:

Albert J Tbrom.

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Patented July 7, 1925.

STATES Arenas-agrarian, OFKGRAPEVILLE, rnivnsitvnnin M i sKfiirM ER tAnIi-ii.

lipplieetion fileri December 13, isea s-er'ial No. new.

To ail whom/it coiwem:

Be it known that .ALnnn'r citizen of the United States fAmerica, res

siding at Grapeville, in thecounty of \Vest moreland and State of Pennsylvania, has in vented new and. useful Improvements 1n Skimmer Ladies, of which the followingis a specification; i

The object of the inve tion is to provide a device adapted for cleaning dirt and foreign matter from the top of the contents of pots such as are used in glass wot-keg. and

" with respectto the hand. i

to -.provide-such adjustments in connection. with the device as will permitrea-dy swing ing or moving of the ladle with respect the handle, so i that it may .be. brought; against -the sides ofthe pot and at the same a time may be swung in the handleto present the edge to the top of the contents of the pot without necessity for having tochangethe position of the handle or carrying means With these objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, of which a preferred embodiment. is illustrated in the accompanying drawmgs, wherein: a 1

'- showing the tilted position of the ladle.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional View on the line 3-3 of Figure 1. e a Figure 4: is a top plan view showing the angular position of the ladle. Figu'reti is a transverse sectionalview on the plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Figure 4. a

The ladle 1 is preferably trough-shaped and-is pivotally supported in the yoke 2, the depending end arm 3 of which connects with the end walls 4 of the ladle. At an intermediate point in the yoke, the handle 5 is connected and this handle is preferably of tubular form, being pivotally connected with the yoke, as at 6, and being provided beyond the pivot point with the fork 7 between the fingers of which the arm 8 carried by the rear wall of the ladle engages when the ladle is in the tilted position indicated in Figure 2.

Carried within the handle is the tilting means for the ladle and such tilting means comprises a rod 9 formed at one end of the finger hold 10 and at the other end with an eye 11 which projects laterally from the handle the under sidether eof. op;

erating rod 9 is cap'able of longiti'ldinal movement in the handle and during such movement, the eye traverses a slot 12 formed onthe under side ofthe handle adjacent the yoke. A link 13 connects the eye 11 witl'ian eye 145 on the rear. wall, of the ladle adjacent thearm 8. i

Obviously, longitudinal movement I im'- parted tozthe operating rod by, means of the finger hold 10 enables the tilting of theladle to bring the lower forward wall ina hoi i top of said contents as the ladle is moved or'clr'agged toward the operator. After the scum has been gathered, the movement of the operating rod inthe opposite direction restores the ladle to its normal position and thus the foreign matter which has been gathered therein may be readily. removed and deposited with the proper waste.

In working around glass pots, it is necessary that the ladle be disposed so that it may be presented to the side of the pot, and to provide means for disposing it so that this operatibnlmay-be readily accomplished v a second operating rod15 is provided. This rod is also housed in the handle and formed witha lateral projection '16 and operatively connectedwitha pivot stud 17 on the yoke disposed eccentrica lly toithe pivot pirror point of the handle, the means of connection being antangularilink 18. The lateral pin or prorj ection 16' of the rod '15 traverses a slot 19 lfo'rmed in the handle-directly above theslot 12and the-operating rod 15 is provided with afinger hold 20 by which longitudinal movement may be readily imparted "to it. i

The purpose of the fork 7' is to preclude the fingers of the fork and oscillation of the ladle on the handle is precluded. However,

when the ladle is oscillated to an angular position in the handle, it may be rocked to.

dispose the forward free edge in skimming I position as when scraping the surface of the handle, the handle is then in such a position that it may not interfere with'the scraping of the side of the pot, as would be the case were provision not made for oscillating the ladle to the angular position. I v The lnventlon havmg been described, what 1s claimed as new and useful s 1. A device for the purpose indicated comprising a ladle, an operatlng handle for the same, and operative connections between the handle and the ladle, whereby the latter may be rocked to dispose its free edge in skimming position with'relation' to the contents of a glass pot or the like.

7 2. A device for the purpose indicated comprising a ladle, an operatinghandle, means for rocking the ladleto vary the relation of its skimming edge with respect to the handle, and additional means for oscillating the ladle to assume a position of with respect to the handle.- 1

' 3. A device for the purpose indicated comprising a ladle, a yoke supporting the same and with which the ladle'is pivotally conan gularity nected with the yoke, .and ladle rockingmeans slidably mounted in the handle and operatively connected with the ladle to vary the position of the skimming edge of the same with respect to the handle.

4. A device forthe purpos indicated comprising a ladle, a yoke supporting the same, a handle having a pivotal connection with the yoke, and operating means housed in the handle and operatively connected with the yoke for oscillating the latter and the ladle to cause the latter to assume: different angular positions with respect to the handle.

5. A'device for the purpose indicated comprising a ladle, a yoke by which the ladle is supported and in which it is pivotally mounted, an operating handle pivotally connected with the yoke at an intermediate point, and independently operable means housed in the handle and respectively con- 7 nected with the yoke and the ladle for rock-v ing thelatter to vary the position of its skimming edge with r'espectto the handle andfor oscillating it to assume different i angular positions with respect to the handle.

6. A device for the purpose indicated comprising a'ladle, a yoke'by which the ladle is supported and in which it is pivotally mounted, an operating handle pivotally connected with the yoke at an intermediate point, independently operable means housed in the handle and respectively connected with the yoke and the ladle for rocking the latter to vary the position of its skimming edge with respect to the handle and for oscillating it to assume different angular positions with respect to the handle, and cooperating means carried respectively by the handle and the'ladle to preclude oscillatory movement of theladle in one of the skimming positions of the same.

7. A devicefor the purpose indicated comprising a ladle, a yoke with depending arms pivotally connected with the ladle at its 1 ends, a tubular operating handle having a i.

pivotal connection with the yoke at anilitermediate point in the latter,and operating rods slidably mounted in the-handle and having link connections respectively-with the 'ladle'and the yoke, whereby rocking movement may be imparted to the ladle in the yoke, andthe yoke and the ladle oscillatedwith' respect to the handle. 1 i

r 8. A device for thepurpose indicated comprising a ladle, a yoke with depending arms pivotally connected with the ladle at its ends, a tubular operating'handle having a pivotal connection with the yoke at an intermediate point .in the latter, and operating rodsslidably mounted .in the handle and ALBERT .i. THROM..,- 

